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Sweet Tweet Pushpins

by Vanessa Brady on 20 May 2013 in 15 Minute Craft, Home with 5 Comments

Make a quick little housewarming gift with Tried & True's Sweet Tweet Pushpins!We have some good friends who just moved into a beautiful new house so to celebrate them, I thought I would post a super quick and easy housewarming gift that I originally wrote for Crafts Unleashed. Congrats, Chris & Rosemary!

So, a good friend is moving to a new house and you need a quick gift to congratulate her on the big move? You can whip up these super cute bird pushpins in under 20 minutes with just a few basic craft supplies. Pair them with a small cork board and you’ve got the perfect gift to help organize her new house!

Materials for the bird pushpins housewarming gift idea:
- Micro Mini Mushroom Birds (I used two packages for a total of six birds)
- Embossing Tool (or any other blunt pointed tool)
- Map Pushpins
- Aleene’s Quick Dry Tacky Glue
- Small Bird Nest (optional)
- Small Cork Board (optional)

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Glittered Rainbow Frame in 15 Mintutes!

by Vanessa Brady on 15 May 2013 in 15 Minute Craft, Home, Tutorial with 7 Comments

glitteredrainbowframe_mainIt’s time for another 15 minute craft tutorial! Yay for quick crafts you can whip out while your kid is insanely engaged in that new box of Play-doh. You can worry about finding the Play-Doh smooshed in the carpet later because for 15 minutes, you’ll be in glittery rainbow heaven!

Let’s get started…

Glittered Rainbow Frame

Materials:
- 2 cheap frames (you’ll be using the glass from both of them but only the frame of one)
- Glitter Tape
- Craft Knife
- Spray Paint (optional)

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“A Cup of Tea” Customizable Art

by Vanessa Brady on 13 May 2013 in Home, Silhouette with 14 Comments

Cut and hang this free "Cup Of Tea" printable from Tried & True!

We’re big fans of tea over here…like ten different loose leaf varieties sitting on our tea shelf at any given time kind of fans. We also enjoy a good cup of joe on occasion (like when a certain little boy doesn’t sleep well!) but tea is definitely our beverage of choice.

To celebrate that century-old, elixir of the gods, I’m offering a free printable that you can cut out by hand or with a cutting machine. Because, really. Some days, a cup of tea is all I need. :)

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Homemade Body Wash

by Vanessa Brady on 30 April 2013 in Green, Home with 21 Comments

Make your own body wash with just three basic supplies!

A few years ago, we decided (and by we, I mean “I decided” and dragged my boys along!) to try and cut out as many chemicals from our regular routine as possible. You know, clean up the things we clean ourselves up with? Well, some of it was super easy to change out (hand soap and face toner), other stuff not so much (“no poo”).

One of the easier things in our routine to swap out with something more natural was body wash. We made the switch to Dr. Bronner’s early on and after figuring out that the peppermint variety was a bit too harsh on some of our neatherbits, we’ve been using the Almond Castile Soap ever since.

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Mother/Daughter Spa Day with World Market

by Vanessa Brady on 17 April 2013 in Green, Home, Sponsored Post with 15 Comments

Pamper your mother with a Spa Day from World Market! | Tried & True

Can you think of a better way to celebrate Mother’s Day than with a relaxing morning spent soaking your feet in a Ginger Green Tea Detox bath while eating spring rolls and drinking warm Jasmine green tea? Yeah, me neither. Keep reading to see how to achieve a high-end spa look with a low-cost budget courtesy of World Market!

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